Index: src/fs-ecos.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ecos/ecos/packages/fs/jffs2/current/src/fs-ecos.c,v
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -w -r1.27 fs-ecos.c
--- src/fs-ecos.c	21 Apr 2004 18:51:21 -0000	1.27
+++ src/fs-ecos.c	12 Jul 2004 14:25:41 -0000
@@ -199,7 +199,9 @@
 	// held where needed for dotdot filepaths)
 	while (this) {
 		next = this->i_cache_next;
-		if (this != i && this->i_count == 0) {
+		if (
+		    //this != i && 
+		    this->i_count == 0) {
 			struct _inode *parent = this->i_parent;
 			if (this->i_cache_next)
 				this->i_cache_next->i_cache_prev = this->i_cache_prev;
@@ -1466,12 +1468,22 @@
 {
 	struct _inode *node = (struct _inode *) fp->f_data;
 
+	// cache values before we destroy the node
+	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(node->i_sb);
+	struct _inode *root = node->i_sb->s_root;
+
 	D2(printf("jffs2_fo_close\n"));
 
 	jffs2_iput(node);
 
 	fp->f_data = 0;		// zero data pointer
 
+
+	// free as much of cached structures as possible to make sure
+	// that memory usage stays stable and that idle memory usage
+	// is at a minimum.
+	icache_evict(root, node);	
+
 	return ENOERR;
 }